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Full name | Thomas Shepherd Jennings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tiverton, Devon | 3 November 1896||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 September 1972 75) Tiverton, Devon | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | David Jennings (brother) George Jennings (brother) Leonard Jennings (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921–1924 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1926–1933 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,16 April 2011 |
Thomas Shepherd Jennings (3 November 1896 –7 September 1972) was an English cricketer. Jennings was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Tiverton,Devon.
Jennings made his first-class debut for Surrey in the 1921 County Championship against Essex. Jennings played first-class cricket for Surrey from 1921 to 1924,playing 18 times for them. [1] In these 18 matches,he scored 194 runs at a batting average of 13.85,with a high score of 37*. [2] Predominantly a bowler,Jennings took 37 wickets for Surrey at a bowling average of 29.56,with three five wicket hauls and once taking ten wickets in a match, [3] which came against Derbyshire in 1924. He claimed 6 wickets in the Derbyshire first-innings and took 4 in their second. [4] The pitches at The Oval in the early to mid-twenties were not friendly to Jennings style of bowling,thus he wasn't a regular feature in the Surrey team. [5]
Following the end of his first-class career,Jennings played Minor counties cricket for Devon,having previously represented the Surrey Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship. [6] His debut for Devon came against the Surrey Second XI in 1926,with Jennings playing Devon from 1926 to 1933. [7] Starting in 1935,Jennings began umpiring in the Minor Counties Championship,standing in 87 matches between 1935 and 1962. [8] He stood in just the one first-class match,held in 1953 between a combined Minor Counties team and the touring Australians at the Michelin Ground,Stoke-on-Trent. [9]
Part of a large cricketing family,his brothers David,George and Leonard all played first-class cricket. Following his move back to Devon from,he became the head groundsman at Blundell's School in his home town. [5] It was here that Jennings died on 7 September 1972.
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